Flour-sifter



(No Model.)

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PLOUR SIFTER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOYD SORUGGS, OF DALTON CITY, ILLINOIS.

FLOUR-SlFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,980, dated October 25, 1892.

Application filed January 18, 1892. Serial No. 418.362. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOYD SCRUGGS, of Dalton Oity,in the county of Moultrie and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Sifters, of which the following is a specification.

My Objectis to produce acheap, simple, and effective sifter for iiour, dac., which will remove all impurities without pulverizing them and mixing them with the our, which may be used as a scoopsifter or as an ordinary sieve, which will not be easily broken, and, if broken, may, be repaired without difficulty, and which will not become entirely inoperative until the sieve proper is completely disabled. I attain my object by means of the details of construction hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a plan of a sifter embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of 'the same.

The annular sieve-band l has the ordinary sieve-bottom, and also has at its upper edge an outwardly-proj ectin g annular-flanged rimbead, as 2. A wire ring 3 encircles the band below the flange and is held loosely in position by means of the loops 5. The ends of wire 3 are twisted together and extended radially from the periphery of the band, thus forming a handle or a core for a handle, and such handle is preferably completed by soldering or otherwise connecting a suitablyshaped piece of tin with the ends of the Wire, as seen at 4. A ring, as G, is secured to the band in about the relative position shown, or in place thereof a stud, stem, or other projection, affording a grasp for the lingers, is similarly located. The wire 7 is connected with handle 4. It extends downward into the sieve nearly to the bottom thereof, as seen in Fig. 4o

2, where a part of the sieve-band is broken away, and it there connects with or forms the agitator 8, as seen in Fig. l.

The device is intended to be operated by holding the handle 4c with one hand and the ring 6 with the other and then rapidly oscillating the sieve-band in the supporting-ring 3; but it is evident that, if desired, the sides of the sieve may be grasped by the hand and the agitation be effected in a very common manner.

The action 0f the sifter, while thorough, is not severe, and the impurities accumulate on top of the flour and remain in the sieve instead of being pulverized and passed through, as in the case of sifters having an agitator rubbing directly against the sieve cloth. There -is but little to get ont of order and nothing but what may be easily repaired.

I claim" In sifters, the combination of sieve-band l, having the ange 2, the loops 5, and the ring 6, the ring 3, encircling the band through the loops, the handle 4, connected with ring 3, and the agitator 7 S, slightly above the sieve'cloth and connected with the handle, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign myname in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOYD SORUGGS.

Attest:

J. N. LOVING, S. SCRUGGS. 

